
“why do You force me to look at evil,
stare trouble in the face day after day?
anarchy and violence break out,
quarrels and fights all over the place.
law and order fall to pieces.
justice is a joke.
the wicked have the righteous hamstrung
and stand justice on its head.” [hab.1:3 & 4, msgB]
“surely you know, for you were already born!
you have lived so many years!” [God from job 38:21]
i just love the way God speaks to one of his sons here. what he’s doing is reminding us who He is, and simultaneously reminding us who we are.
the real question is this; are you, am i, willing to trust God even when i don’t understand how He’s rolling things out? the things that go on in my life, the things that happen in my country, in the world at large.
it’s easy to point the finger at all that’s wrong & suggest ways to fix it & make it right.
just an aside, i think it’s important that as followers of Christ we do long for the redemption of ALL His people.
but God also gave us the freedom to choose. and in the midst of that things will be broken, lives will be wrecked. the scope of what i see is limited to right now. even as i look backward my vision is cloudy & i don’t see things as clearly as i think i do.